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Pharmacy Times Continuing Education™ to Host Pharmacists Reaching Out®: Improving Treatment and Care in Patients with Lung Cancer
[November 16, 2017]

Pharmacy Times Continuing Education™ to Host Pharmacists Reaching Out®: Improving Treatment and Care in Patients with Lung Cancer


Pharmacy Times Continuing Education, a leader in continuing education for retail, health-system, managed care and specialty pharmacists, in conjunction with the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA) will host the activity, "Pharmacists Reaching Out®: Improving Treatment and Care in Patients with Lung Cancer," on Dec. 2 from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the Swan Hotel in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Attendees will be able to live stream the 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. portion of the seminar.

"We are excited to host this seminar tailored to address the changing oncology landscape for health system and specialty pharmacists. The activity will offer the latest and essential findings in lung cancer and the faculty presenters will highlight how this impacts pharmacists. Our expert faculty will also discuss the integrated approach to delivering pharmaceutical care to lung cancer patients and communicate tactics to better serve their patients," said David Heckard, president PTCE.

Current treatment approaches in lung cancer therapy, and the pharmacist's role in a collaborative healthcare team will all be addressed. Attendees can take part in a skills workshop, where they will apply their knowledge to real-life scenarios, and the expert faculty will take part in a multidisciplinary panel discussion.

The conference features the following faculty members:

  • Maryann R.Cooper, PharmD, BCOP, associate professor, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences School of Pharmacy, Worcester/Manchester, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Manchester, New Hampshire
  • Katherine Payares, MSW, LCSW, licensed clinical social worker, Specialty Service Lines, Florida Hospital Celebration Health, Celebration, Florida
  • Jennifer Powers, PharmD, senior manager, Walgreens, Oncology Disease State, Deerfield, Illinois
  • Victoria Sherry, DNP, ANP-BC, AOCNP, oncology nurse practitioner for thoracic/head and neck malignancies, Abramson Cancer Center, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania



The conference is sponsored in conjunction with the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association. A maximum of 4 contact hours (0.40 CEUs) will be offered through this free seminar. For more information and to register, visit https://www.pharmacytimes.org/pro-lungcancer2017.

About Pharmacy Times Continuing Education


Pharmacy Times Continuing Education (PTCE) is a leader in continuing education for retail, health-system, managed care and specialty pharmacists. PTCE is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education (CPE). Our print, online and live CPE activities are designed to help improve the knowledge, competence and skills of pharmacists so that they are better prepared to provide the highest quality of pharmacy care to the patients they serve and to the physicians they assist as part of a multidisciplinary treatment and management team. To learn more about the educational activities sponsored by PTCE, visit our website at www.pharmacytimes.org.


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